Quotes About Reality

I became an entirely different animal. In fact, I've often thought that there isn't any I at all ; that we are simply the means of expression of something else; that when we think we are ourselves, we are simply the victims of a delusion.

My friend tells me that memory fails me in part because nature mercifully wishes to hide from us things which are painful. The spider-web of protective forgetfulness is woven over the mouth of the cave which conceals the raw head and bloody bones of our misfortunes. But the greatest men, says King Lamus, are those that refuse to be treated like squalling children, who insist on facing reality in every form, and tear off ruthlessly the bandages from their own wounds.

No recorded vision is perfect, of high visions, for the seer must keep either his physical organs or his memory in working order. And neither is capable. There is no bridge. One can only be conscious of one thing at a time, and as the consciousness moves nearer to the vision, it loses control of the physical and mental.

Thoughts are false.

My three-dimensional mind thinks all this 'real,' a history; where at most it is a geography, a partial [62] set of infinite aspects.

By doing certain things certain results will follow. Students are most earnestly warned against attributing objective reality or philosophical validity to any of them.

The Abyss of Hallucinations has Law and Reason; but in Truth there is no bond between the Toys of the Gods.

I slept with Faith, and found a corpse in my arms on awaking; I drank and danced all night with Doubt, and found her a virgin in the morning.

Ahora ya sé que mi soledad va a ser más difícil, y mis geranios más pobres y mi frío más frío. Pero son mi única verdad, y no quiero volver a soñar nunca por no tener que despertar otra vez.

Cree usted que es un bien devolverle la razón y abrirle los ojos otra vez a este mundo sucio que la rodea?

La vida no siempre es lo que ocurre, sino las secuelas de lo que parece ser.

Treba da budem ?ovjek! Pošto sam naviknut na nevolje, ne treba da dopustim da me obeshrabri jedno razo?arenje; ina?e bi zna?ilo da sam patio uzalud. Srce prepukne kad se prvo rašiti prekomjerno od tople nade, pa se zatim povu?e i zatvori u hladnu stvarnost.

There are moments in life when it is all turned inside out--what is real becomes unreal, what is unreal becomes tangible, and all your levelheaded efforts to keep a tight ontological control are rendered silly and indulgent.

Do not ever believe anyone who tells you that he is not afraid of anything, and that whistling bullets is the sweetest music for him. That man is either a madman or a liar.

La realtà sfuma e tutto diventa memoria. Perfino tu, a poco a poco, hai cessato di essere un desiderio e sei diventato un ricordo.

Poi non è che la vita vada come tu te la immagini. Fa la sua strada. E tu la tua.

Nun, das Leben verläuft nicht so, wie du es dir vorstellst. Es geht seinen Weg. Und du deinen. Und das ist nicht derselbe Weg.

In the world I inhabit, there is a shortage of intellectual honesty, but not of intelligence.

Il buio sospende tutto. Non c'è nulla che possa, nel buio, diventare vero.

Spoljni svet je i dalje tamo. Šta god da uradiš, budi siguran da ?eš ga zate?i na njegovom mestu uvek. Da ?ovek prosto ne poveruje, ali tako je.

Poi prevalse la consapevolezza che la vita è sostanzialmente incoerente e la prevedibilità dei fatti una illusoria consolazione.

A un certo punto una di quelle porte si aprì. Io per un attimo ebbi l'assoluta certezza che lei sarebbe uscita da lì, e mi sarebbe passata accanto, senza dire una parola. L'uomo scosse leggermente il capo. - Però non accadde nulla, perché alla vita manca sempre qualcosa per essere perfetta.

cela faisait sans doute bien longtemps qu'elle ne craignait plus l'irruption de l'absurde dans la géométrie du bon sens.

Chiedersi se le cose sono vere prima di chiedersi cosa ne pensiamo è un esercizio che suona perfino ingenuo, tanto è fuori moda.